August 2008

My brother was long distance runner

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

My brother Norman Bright the star runner in the late 1920s for Whatcom Norman School - now Western Washington University - and ended up in their Hall of Fame with a road run named after him.

Many old timers in the greater Seattle area remember him after he became blind, running around Green Lake with a guide holding one end of a heavy piece of twine as my brother held the other end. The only problem was that most guides couldn't run as fast as my brother, even when he was in his late seventies.

'Critical Mass' causes harm

By Dave Kannas

"Critical Mass" has different meanings for different people. To a physicist the term means one thing. To a driver attempting to get from point A to point B during a bicycle "Critical Mass" event, it means something quite different. To me, admittedly not a physicist, but a committed bicyclist, it means a quandary.

'Sex and the City' writing fails

Directed by Michael Patrick King

Rated R

(Two and one half stars)

By Bruce Bulloch

"Sex and the City," the television series, was a restless piece of fun. Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her cohorts led viewers across an exotic Manhattan landscape on the hunt for a good man and a perfect pair of shoes. Even the dialogue had a predatory bent, shooting barbs of satire into the show's romantic sensibility.

Thanks for your article in the West Seattle Herald, "City Council Raises Taxes" (Aug. 6, editorial). I especially appreciated the line about how "our concerns are not addressed by too many in leadership in this city, only the needs of government are considered."

Every week I read or hear another story about out of control credit card interest, record profits for oil companies, or mortgage executives who are not held responsible for the mess they created. The middle class is shouldering too much of the burden - who looks out for us?

A better way than a city 20-cent bag fee

By Jan Gee

As customers passed through the checkout stands of many of our independent grocery stores, the owners and employees asked their customers, "Did you know that the Seattle City Council is proposing a fee of 20 cents on every disposable bag and that starting in January we will have to charge you an additional $xx on this same grocery bill unless you bring in a reusable bag?"

About two out of every three customers responded that they didn't know and eight out of 10 said that they were opposed - many were outraged.

Young people from West Seattle to White Center have found a hub for self-expression at the Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, with the Delridge facility becoming home to several different after school arts programs aimed at connecting the local community through collaborative arts education.

Tomorrow, August 21, the community will have an opportunity to support this objective and witness Seattle's diverse artistic talent at Youngstown's "Skiffle" fundraiser.

The term "Skiffle" was used in New Orleans during the early 1900s to describe a "rent party." Proceeds from the event

In 2000, a four-year-old girl from Philadelphia approached her mother with a plan. She was going to set up a lemonade stand in her front lawn to raise money to fund research for children with cancer.

"I thought it was adorable. It didn't seem like it was going to raise a lot of money," said Liz Scott.

Little did she know what her young daughter, Alexandra, would accomplish in her short life.

Alex had been diagnosed with neuroblastoma just before her first birthday. Since then she had been focused on helping her doctors find a cure.

My brother was long distance runner

By Georgie Bright Kunkel

My brother Norman Bright the star runner in the late 1920s for Whatcom Norman School - now Western Washington University - and ended up in their Hall of Fame with a road run named after him.

Many old timers in the greater Seattle area remember him after he became blind, running around Green Lake with a guide holding one end of a heavy piece of twine as my brother held the other end. The only problem was that most guides couldn't run as fast as my brother, even when he was in his late seventies.

'Critical Mass' causes harm

By Dave Kannas

"Critical Mass" has different meanings for different people. To a physicist the term means one thing. To a driver attempting to get from point A to point B during a bicycle "Critical Mass" event, it means something quite different. To me, admittedly not a physicist, but a committed bicyclist, it means a quandary.

'Sex and the City' writing fails

Directed by Michael Patrick King

Rated R

(Two and one half stars)

By Bruce Bulloch

"Sex and the City," the television series, was a restless piece of fun. Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her cohorts led viewers across an exotic Manhattan landscape on the hunt for a good man and a perfect pair of shoes. Even the dialogue had a predatory bent, shooting barbs of satire into the show's romantic sensibility.